

eventually manages to track down Marcus and free him. Instead, their bodies underwent a long term metamorphosis over the last 25 years until the Locust evolved into the Swarm. They also hypothesize that when the Locust were hit by the Imulsion Countermeasure, they did not die. and his friends pursue the Snatcher, they find evidence of the Swarm being responsible for the abduction of COG citizens, whose bodies are being harvested to create more Swarm creatures. Suspicious, Marcus decides to lead the group to Fort Reval where thousands of Locust corpses were buried to dispose of them.Īfter escaping another attack by Jinn's forces, the group reaches inside the city, where they are ambushed by a Snatcher that captures Marcus. until he shows him that the Swarm is not human. for joining the authoritarian COG and then endangering himself by abandoning it, is reluctant to help J.D. reluctantly asks his father Marcus Fenix (John DiMaggio) for help. As her last act, Reyna locks J.D., Del, and Kait inside the power station to protect them.ĭubbing the unknown attackers the "Swarm", J.D. However, in the midst of repairs, unknown creatures raid the village, capturing everybody including Reyna and Oscar. and his friends manage to repel Jinn's forces and get to work repairing the village's power generator. They are then confronted by Jinn (broadcasting via a DeeBee), who accuses them of kidnapping her people, much to their confusion, before launching an all out assault on the village. and his group manage to successfully steal the fabricator and escape back to their village. Though they are forced to battle the COG's new robotic DeeBee soldiers, J.D. They are accompanied by Kait, Reyna's daughter, and her uncle Oscar (Jimmy Smits), a former Gear and Locust War veteran. and Del decide to raid a nearby COG settlement under construction to steal a special fabricator. and Del have recently deserted the COG after disagreeing with Jinn's hardline policies and join a group of Outsiders led by Reyna (Justina Machado). An elderly Hoffman, who is present at the ceremony, recounts past battles at Aspho Fields, Emergence Day, and Anvil Gate. The leader of the reformed Coalition of Ordered Governments, First Minister Jinn (Angel Desai), commemorates the 25th anniversary of humanity's victory over the Locust. Fenix (Liam McIntyre), the son of Marcus Fenix and Anya Stroud, who, alongside his friends Delmont "Del" Walker (Eugene Byrd) and Kait Diaz (Laura Bailey), deal with a new threat to humanity's survival. However, some human survivors rejected the viewpoints of the COG and formed a group called the "Outsiders" that live outside of the COG jurisdiction, conducting raids on COG territory to gather resources. To protect the surviving human population from decline, estimated to be hundreds of thousands, the reformed Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) established walled-off cities to protect its citizens from the dangers outside, while declaring martial law to prevent any travel outside the cities. Although the use of the Imulsion Countermeasure weapon destroyed all Imulsion on the planet Sera, killing the Locust and the Lambent in the process, the weapon forced humanity to adapt to new ways of survival after knocking out the use of fossil fuels, and bringing across the planet powerful windstorms called "Windflares". Gears of War 4 takes place 25 years after the events of Gears of War 3. Like previous entries in the series, the story campaign can be played through co-operatively with a second player in a local or online co-operative mode. The game features 4 categories of weather: from heavy breeze (trees, leaves, dust kicking up) and can grow into violent category 3 windstorms that can affect combat and weapon usage. Players can also perform a short distance shoulder charge, knocking enemies off balance and enemies can also pull players out of cover and perform their own takedowns. Many gameplay elements from the previous games are reintroduced, along with new elements such as the Dropshot weapon that fires explosive drills and the Buzzkill that fires ricocheting sawblades at enemies. Upon release, the game received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the game's combat, visuals and set pieces, while criticism was directed towards the campaign and writing. The sequel, Gears 5, is under development. The game was released worldwide on October 11, 2016.

It is the fifth main installment in the Gears of War series, and the first mainline entry not to be developed by Epic Games. Gears of War 4 is a third-person shooter video game developed by The Coalition and published by Microsoft Studios for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One.
